El programa de intercambio nos llevó a ver el Buda más grande del mundo- el Buda de Leshan. Pero hasta los chinos, quienes adoran tener "lo más" de lo que sea, saboreaban con un poco de asco esa frase. Y es que el record no solía pertenecer a la China; lo consiguieron en 2001 cuando los Taliban destruyeron a los Budas de Bamiyan, que estaban parados desde el siglo 7 en un valle cercano a Kabul.
Abajo les incluyo 4 fotos:
La primera son los Budas de Bamiyan, la segunda su destrucción, y las demás fotos son el Buda de Leshan.
Además les incluyo un pequeño texto de la novela "A Thousand Splendid Suns," un libro reciente de Khaled Hosseini, el autor del famoso "Kite Runner."
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The two Buddhas were enormous, soaring much higher than she had imagined from all the photos she'd seen of them. Chiseled into a sun-bleached rock cliff, they peered down at them, as they had nearly two thousand years before, Laila imagined, at caravans crossing the valley on the Silk Road. On either side of them, along the overhanging niche, the cliff was pocked with myriad caves.
"I feel so small," Tariq said.
"You want to climb up?" Babi said.
"Up the statues?" Laila asked. "We can do that?"
Babi smiled and held out his hand. "Come on."
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